October 24, 2006

Have you or your folks got a box of old 8mm movies laying around catching dust somewhere? The Kuss family 8mm projector broke about 10 years ago and we hadn't touched the box since.

Here's a "how to" story that will describe how you can convert those old 8mm movies to DVDs and once again be able to enjoy all those oldie but goodies. This will give those old precious gems new life... about 100 years or so.

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This story was sponsored by Flicko's Video Workshops of St. Cloud. Preserve your precious photos, slides or film by capturing them digitally on DVD. Do it yourself or let a Flicko's professional editor do the job for you. They have the technology tools to give you the professional results you're looking for. Call Jeff at 320-251-4050.Flicko's Corporate WebsiteFlicko's Online Training

February 07, 2006

Have you or your folks got a box of old 8mm movies laying around catching dust somewhere? The Kuss family 8mm projector broke about 10 years ago and we hadn't touched the box since.

Here's a "how to" story that will describe how you can convert those old 8mm movies to DVDs and once again be able to enjoy all those oldie but goodies. This will give those old precious gems new life... about 100 years or so.

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This story was sponsored by Flicko's Video Workshops of St. Cloud. Preserve your precious photos, slides or film by capturing them digitally on DVD. Do it yourself or let a Flicko's professional editor do the job for you. They have the technology tools to give you the professional results you're looking for. Call Jeff at 320-251-4050.Flicko's Corporate WebsiteFlicko's Online Training

February 02, 2006

Ethan, our ROCORI media student who made his debut with "The Battle between Socks & Shoes", is once again exploring the edge of videography. This week Ethan is experimenting with Bluescreen which he plans to incorporate into his next production.

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Bluescreen (also known as Chroma Key) is a term for
the filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an
evenly-lit monochomatic background for the purpose of removing the
background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or
scene. The term also refers to the visual effect resulting from this
technique as well as the colored screen itself (although it is often
not blue; for example, with greenscreen).

The key background color in the video signal is processed
out and overlayed with content from a different video signal -- such as
from a separate camera, a recorded video playback, or a digital source
-- a process called "compositing". Both digital and analog techniques exist for doing this. The image replacement may be done in production or in post-production.

A classic example of the technique is the television news weatherman
who on-screen appears to point at a map, but is in fact being recorded
standing in front of a blank screen. On either sides of this screen are
smaller televisions projecting a front view of the weather-caster, so
they know where and when to place their hands. These early television
effects were originally accomplished by a technique called chroma keying, but older analog methods have been increasingly supplanted by modern digital compositing techniques.

December 22, 2005

Here's another ROCORI High School Media Student's rendition of the Rocori Winterguard dance and flag team. As you'll see in this video, there's more to the Winterguard than you might think.

This is a sport of precise timing and skilled hand coordination. Teamwork is a must and like every sport... practice and more practice creates a great performance.

Also, there's some beautiful outdoor Christmas lights footage taken by our DigElog ROCORI staff at a home in St. Cloud. We're not sure exactly why... but we decided to put it in. Just trying to get into the holiday spirit maybe. See what you think.

December 17, 2005

This past week the Quarry Cinema and the Central Mn Federal Credit Union sponsored the local showing of "March of the Penguins", a National Geographic film. A story about Emperor penguins in the thousands that brave icy winds, freezing
temperatures, and starvation in an incredible true story of the
penguin life cycle.

Twenty bus loads of K-8 students from all across the "Land of Rocori" attended the movie morning or afternoon over 5 consecutive week days. There was also a special Saturday morning matinee offered for the general public.

This cooperative effort between two outstanding businesses in our community to provide this opportunity for the "Kids Of ROCORI" is just another reason why the "Land Of ROCORI" is a great place to live and raise our families. A big "HATS OFF!" thank you to Quarry Cinema and Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union for making this all possible.

**************************Special thanks to Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union who sponsored this story. Sheila, Lynn, Peggy, Norma, Bob & Ryan are all looking forward to
meeting you. They can provide a wide range of personal and business
financial services ranging from checking accounts to business loans.

November 18, 2005

This morning, at 12:00 am, theaters across the country debuted the new Harry Potter movie. Well, coming to the big screens of ROCORI and computers around the world this November 30th will be XXX On Stand. Another ground breaking local production by the producers of Wizards and Swards. (One of our Rocori High School Media Student Teams)

November 09, 2005

Tomorrow DigElogROCORI stories will be featured on the big screen at Lagoon Cinema in downtown Minneapolis. It's a part of the City Pages Documentary Film Festival going on from November 4th to November 10th.

Our Minnesota Vlogging partner Chuck Olsen will be presenting 80 minutes of Minnesota Stories feature stories published ealier this year. Part of Chuck's mini-festival documentary will include DigElogROCORI's...